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US 10,757,238 B1Granted
Cell phone attachment
OwnerScott S. Portainventor
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Abstract
A mobile phone attachment allows a mobile phone to be recovered if dropped in water by inflating an air bag in the attachment whenever the mobile phone is dropped in water.
Claims18
A mobile phone attachment comprising:
- an elongated housing for attachment to a mobile phone or the like, said elongated housing having one end portion closed and said elongated housing having a support ledge therein having an aperture therethrough supporting a water soluble member thereon;
- a biasing member positioned in said housing adjacent said closed end;
- a compressed gas cylinder positioned in said housing between said biasing member and said soluble member support ledge and said soluble member and biased against said water soluble member when said water soluble member is being held in position on said support ledge;
- an air bag chamber located in the other end portion of said housing, said air bag chamber having an opening therefrom;
- a deflated air bag being positioned in said air bag chamber;
- a pointed punch positioned in said housing facing said support ledge aperture and water soluble member supported on said support ledge and positioned for said compressed gas cylinder to be driven against said punch when said water soluble member dissolves in water to allow compressed gas to enter said air bag chamber to inflate and drive said deflated air bag from said housing with the compressed gas from said compressed gas cylinder;
- thereby inflating said air bag when said mobile phone attachment is dropped in water to float the attached mobile phone.
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A mobile phone attachment comprising:
- an elongated housing for attachment to a mobile phone or the like, said elongated housing having a spring chamber in one end portion thereof and an air bag chamber in the other end portion thereof and said elongated housing having at least one gas cylinder support ledge therein located between said spring chamber and said air bag chamber, each said at least one support ledge having an aperture therethrough, and said elongated housing having a soluble tablet supporting ledge therein having an aperture therethrough;
- a water soluble tablet positioned on said soluble tablet supporting ledge;
- a spring member positioned in said spring chamber and biased against said water soluble tablet;
- a pointed punch mounted in said elongated housing air bag chamber facing at least one gas cylinder support ledge aperture;
- a compressed gas cylinder mounted in said at least one gas cylinder support ledge, said compressed gas cylinder having a front end facing said pointed punch and a rear end positioned adjacent said soluble tablet;
- an air bag attached to said air bag chamber and being inflatable upon said air bag chamber being filled with compressed gas from said compressed gas cylinder upon said water soluble tablet being dissolved by a liquid entering said spring chamber allowing said spring member to drive said compressed gas cylinder front end into said pointed punch;
- whereby said air bag is inflated when said mobile phone attachment is dropped in water to float the attached mobile phone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.